Viable Utopian Ideas: Shaping a Better WorldArthur B. Shostak M.E. Sharpe, 2003 - 295 páginas Contents: Introduction: Viable Utopian IdeasPart 1: Challenges - Personal in Nature1. Private Dreams and Collective Ideals, Douglas Porpora2. Why Altruism Is Considered Deviant Behavior: Obstacles on the Path to a Viable Utopia, Jay WeinsteinPart 2: Challenges - Conceptual in Nature3. Utopia Revisited: New Thinking on Social Betterment, Michael Marien4. Utopia: An Obsolete Concept, Joseph F. Coates5. Utopianism Comes of Age, Tsvi Bisk6. Utopia and the Attempted Flow of Useful Ideas: Why Being Able to Define and Measure a Clear Vision Matters, Roger Kaufman Part 3: Methods: Even Better Tools7. Modest Steps toward an Ideal World: Sociological Practice and Utopia, Ross Koppel8. Utopian Poetry: A Medium for the Message, Lane Jennings9. Building Common Ground: Rethinking Rules of Engagement, Harris Sokoloff10. The Utopian University of the People: A Story That Is Not Too Good to Be True, Robert J. Merikangas Part 4: Methods: Information Technology11. The Human Utopia and the Web, David Weinberger12. Toward a New,Democracy, Stephen Downes13. Internet Dreaming: Investigating Online Community at the Math Forum, Wes Shumar14. Welcome to "the Collective: " New Meaning to a "Meeting of Minds, " Al StegemanPart 5: Looking Inward15. Understanding Opposing Viewpoints: Placing Yourself into the Shoes of the Other, R. Dean Wright16. The Conscious Use of "The Mirror Effect: " Co-Creating a Utopian World, Carroy U. Ferguson17. Surprised on the Run, Diane McManusPart 6: Looking Homeward18. Utopias and City Planning: Findin Strength in One Another, Thomas A. Reiner19. Distributed Floating Cities: A Laboratory for Exploring Social Utopias, Patrick Salsbury20. I Am a Utopian: Creating "The Resort Circle, "Ernest Vlahos21. Personal Utopia: Technology's Effect on the Meaning of Home, James MitchellPart 7: Schooling Possibilities22. A Future Vision for Public Education, Marilyn Vlahos23. Blue Sky for Black America: Utopia and Af |
Índice
Private Dreams and Collective Ideals Douglas Porpora | 9 |
Obstacles | 16 |
New Thinking on Social | 23 |
UtopiaAn Obsolete Concept Joseph F Coates | 29 |
Why Being | 40 |
Sociological Practice | 47 |
Rethinking Rules | 58 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 65 |
34 | 158 |
SOCIETAL | 161 |
NATIONBUILDING AIDS | 181 |
Can a Traditional NonWestern Culture | 189 |
The World Senate and Academy Mitchell Gordon | 195 |
This Is the Century | 205 |
When Can the Just Society Use Force? A Proposal for Radical | 216 |
LOOKING FORWARD | 223 |
Toward a New Democracy Stephen Downes | 69 |
New Meaning to a Meeting | 76 |
Surprised on the Run Diane McManus | 88 |
A Laboratory for Exploring Social | 99 |
29 | 107 |
SCHOOLING POSSIBILITIES | 113 |
Being There | 120 |
High School Students and Their | 127 |
A Practical Utopia Kyle Bady | 133 |
How Do You Want Your Abortion? | 141 |
Read Em and Weep Boys John E Glass | 147 |
Our Safety Is Within Our Grasp Hal Pepinsky | 231 |
A View from Biological | 237 |
Closer Than You Think Stanley Shostak | 245 |
Dystopias and Utopias in Outer | 251 |
Recommended Readings by Contributors and Allies | 259 |
Recommended EMail Listserves and Web Sites | 265 |
Notes on the Editor and Contributors | 275 |
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Books by the Editor | 293 |
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Foundations of Futures Studies: Human Science for a New Era ..., Volumen 2 Wendell Bell Vista previa restringida - 2011 |
Social and Cultural Change: Social Science for a Dynamic World Jay A. Weinstein Vista previa restringida - 2005 |